UK house prices post biggest fall since 2020 after mini-budget chaos – business live

Average UK house prices fell 1.4% in November, as “the fallout from the mini-budget continued to impact the market,” says Nationwide

The impact of the mini-Budget continued to reverberate in November, with the largest monthly fall in house prices since the early days of the pandemic, says Tom Bill, head of UK residential research at estate agent Knight Frank".

Financial markets have been reassured by new government’s economic plan but the mortgage market is playing catch up. Mortgage rates should keep edging downwards as the effects of the mini-Budget wash through the system, which should settle the nerves of buyers and sellers, even as a 13-year period of ultra-low borrowing costs comes to an end.

We expect house prices to fall by 10% over the next two years and the reality of higher rates will bite more after Christmas. Mortgage offers made before the mini-Budget will begin to lapse and increase downwards pressure on prices from 2023.”

Continue reading...

 ALL Credit of this post going to https://www.theguardian.com

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Gove confirms mandatory housebuilding targets for councils will be abolished in face of Tory rebellion – UK politics live

Kotak Mahindra Bank Recruitment 2022 Released for Graduate Candidates And Apply Online